Species coexistence by front pinning

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 271-281

  Kyriazopoulos, Paris ^a   Nathan, Jonathan ^b   Meron, Ehud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Homoclinic snaking; Localized structures; Plant communities; Species coexistence; Species competition; Trait tradeoff; Vegetation pattern formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918586010     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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